Chong Shur Chin

Designation
Teaching Fellow

Department
Asian Languages & Cultures (ALC)

Office Location
NIE3-03-26C

Education

MA (Chinese Language) NIE, Singapore

BA (Journalism) Chengchi University, Taiwan 

Email
[email protected]

Research Interests

Chong’s research is situated at the intersection of language pedagogy, curriculum innovation, and educational technology. Adopting a practitioner-researcher perspective, she examines how curriculum and technology can be strategically aligned to foster:

  • ICT-enabled Chinese Language acquisition.
  • Inquiry-driven and student-centered pedagogies.
  • The development of 21st Century Competencies and student agency.

Chong Shur Chin is a Teaching Fellow at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore, where she specializes in teacher education and the advancement of technology-enabled pedagogical practices. Her career spans the full spectrum of Singapore’s education landscape, encompassing classroom teaching, school leadership, and system-level policy development within the Ministry of Education (MOE).

Prior to joining NIE, Shur Chin held key leadership appointments, including Head of Department (HOD) for Mother Tongue Languages (Primary and Secondary) and HOD for Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology. In these roles, she spearheaded strategic curriculum planning and school-wide initiatives aimed at integrating educational technology to improve student outcomes.

At the system level, her tenure at the MOE Educational Technology Division (ETD) involved developing pedagogical scaffolds for the national Student Learning Space (SLS) platform. This work was instrumental in strengthening instructional design coherence and advancing the purposeful use of ICT across Singapore schools.

Today, she continues to support educators in translating curriculum and policy intentions into sustainable, effective classroom practices.